# adquirir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adquīrere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ət.kiˈɾi]
* IPA: (Valencia) [at.kiˈɾiɾ]

### Verb

adquirir (first-person singular present adquireixo, first-person singular preterite adquirí, past participle adquirit)
* (transitive) to acquire (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)

#### Related terms

* adquisició

### Further reading

* “adquirir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “adquirir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “adquirir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “adquirir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /adkiˈɾiɾ/ [að̞.kiˈɾiɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Hyphenation: ad‧qui‧rir

### Verb

adquirir (first-person singular present adquiro, first-person singular preterite adquirín, past participle adquirido) adquirir (first-person singular present adquiro, first-person singular preterite adquirim or adquiri, past participle adquirido, reintegrationist norm)
* to acquire (to get as one's own)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Further reading

* “adquirir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “adquirir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adquīrere, with a change in conjugation. Cognate of Spanish adquirir, French acquérir and English acquire.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.d͡ʒi.kiˈɾi(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.kiˈɾi(h)], /ad͡ʒ.kiˈɾi(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.kiˈɾi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.d͡ʒi.kiˈɾi(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.kiˈɾi(h)], /ad͡ʒ.kiˈɾi(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.kiˈɾi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.d͡ʒi.kiˈɾi(ɾ)/, /ad͡ʒ.kiˈɾi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.d͡ʒi.kiˈɾi(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.kiˈɾi(χ)], /ad͡ʒ.kiˈɾi(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.kiˈɾi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ad͡ʒ.kiˈɾi(ɻ)/, /a.d͡ʒi.kiˈɾi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.dkiˈɾiɾ/ [ɐ.ðkiˈɾiɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.dkiˈɾiɾ/ [ɐ.ðkiˈɾiɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.dkiˈɾi.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðkiˈɾi.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: ad‧qui‧rir

### Verb

adquirir (first-person singular present adquiro, first-person singular preterite adquiri, past participle adquirido)
* to acquire, get, obtain, procure
    Synonyms: conseguir, obter, arrumar
* to purchase, buy
    Synonym: comprar

#### Related terms

* aquisição

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adquīrere. Attested from the fifteenth century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /adkiˈɾiɾ/ [að̞.kiˈɾiɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: ad‧qui‧rir

### Verb

adquirir (first-person singular present adquiero, first-person singular preterite adquirí, past participle adquirido)
* (transitive) to acquire
    Synonym: conseguir
* (transitive) to buy
    Synonym: comprar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* adquirida
* síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida

#### Related terms

* adquirente, adquiriente
* adquirible
* adquisición
* adquisitivo

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “querer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 719

### Further reading

* “adquirir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10